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Emergency Preparedness for the Car
Emergency Preparedness for the Car
It’s summertime! If the weather itself hasn’t told you, your kids probably have. Yesterday was the last day of school for my kids, and we’re gearing up for some traveling this summer. Of course, we all take trips of various lengths in our car every day, but when we are entering “Road Trip Season,” this is an especially good time to reevaluate your preparations as they relate to your car.
Almost everyone has a cell phone and GPS these days, and maybe access to roadside assistance, but we still need to keep some items in our car for emergencies. These can easily be used if you need to bug out as well as when you’re in your car for any other reason. You can buy a commercially available kit for prices ranging from “not too much” to “a whole lotta money,” but it is very easy to put together your own kit. You probably have a lot of these items already, and even if you buy a commercially available kit, it isn’t going to have everything your family needs.
First, eliminate emergencies ahead of time! In terms of your car, this means keeping your car in good condition. Especially prior to a road trip, you should have your car serviced to be sure that fluid levels are appropriate, car tires are good, and there are no mechanical concerns heading into the trip. On an ongoing basis, you should try to keep at least a quarter of a tank of gas in your car, and be sure your spare tire and jack are still in your car for if you need them.
But of course even if you do all you can to avoid emergencies, they can still happen. So let’s take a look at some other things to have in your car.
I just got back from hiking in the Grand Canyon. It was a great trip, with amazing scenery. But I was surprised to see how much of the area was “off the grid” (no cell service, no internet). I was glad that we had brought plenty of snacks to eat and emergency supplies. Thank goodness there were no problems this trip, but I’m grateful we were prepared just in case.
Now, where will your next trip be, and will you be prepared?
Tornado Season Hitting Hard
Tornado season is here, which means people are devastated all over the country. Families in Moore, Oklahoma that were hit recently with the large tornado that destroyed their homes and families. The disaster efforts have been huge. Everyone in the country has rallied together to help them rebuild their homes.
Families who were prepared with shelters and healthy food storage will not have to rely on others to bring them food and keep them alive. In fact, those people who prepared may even have enough food to help those around them until help comes to bring them food and rebuild the town that was destroyed.
Unfortunately, the people in Moore were not alone. In fact, two more small tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma, and there was even a tornado report in Arkansas, according to USA Today. It is tornado season, and that means we can expect even more of these reports. Families that are in unsafe areas during this disaster season need to be prepared.
There are a lot of ways you can prepare for these kinds of disasters, especially in these times when we know what kind of disasters hit our area. Being prepared and learning how to handle things for a few days while waiting for relief efforts can be easy. The Prepper Guide can help you learn everything you need to, so you don’t have to rely on someone else when disaster strikes your hometown. In fact, if you are prepared and know how to survive, you can help everyone around you do the same.
With a sufficient food storage, you can feed those around you and help them feel comfortable while waiting. There is nothing worse than eating disgusting food to survive when you are already in a bad situation and just waiting for help.
Get prepared, so you can be the one helping others get through a tragedy instead of the other way around.
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Did You Miss The Latest E. Coli Alert?
These days, you almost have to be looking for announcements that some of your local produce has been contaminated with the E. coli bacteria, though outbreaks continue to occur with disturbing frequency.
Back in 2006, it was big news when 205 people were found to have been poisoned from pre-packaged spinach. Since then, similar incidents have been occurring on a regular basis, yet they seem barely to be noticed or reported on. Is it because these poisonings involve fewer victims? Or are they just becoming more common, all just so much “yesterday’s news”?
According to Bill Marler, who reports on food poisoning outbreaks and litigation across the United States and Canada, “E. coli outbreaks associated with lettuce, specifically the ‘pre-washed’ and ‘ready-to-eat’ varieties, are by no means a new phenomenon. In fact, the frequency with which this country’s fresh produce consuming public has been hit by outbreaks of pathogenic bacteria is astonishing.”1
E. coli contamination can be caused by any number of things, but most commonly the plants are grown too close to sources of animal—and yes, even human—feces. Just last month there was a recall of pre-packaged spinach that had been sent out to 39 states, including Alaska and Hawaii. Did you even hear about it? That’s a lot of spinach. Not all the leaves were known to be contaminated, but it all came from one processor, so steps were taken to recall all of it. 2
Because spinach and lettuce leaves often arrive at the bagging plant from different farms where the leaves are washed and bagged all together, it is not always easy to trace the contaminated product back to the specific farm it came from. And even though the leaves are often rinsed three times during the process, the FDA says these rinsings will not remove E. coli bacteria.3
It’s more important than ever to know who is processing your food and what steps are being taken to keep it pure. At EfoodsDirect.com, every step in the process, from farm to factory is stringently monitored to maintain purity of the product. Not only are Efoods’ procedures monitored by the FDA and USDA, but EfoodsDirect.com is the only player in the storable foods industry whose products are certified Kosher by the Orthodox Union, which is the world’s most trusted and recognized Kosher certification. What that means for the consumer is that the strictest controls possible have been put in place to insure the food that arrives at EfoodsDirect is absolutely clean.
Although the food provided by EfoodsDirect.com is manufactured to last for 20-30 years, many people are choosing to consume the products on a daily basis because they find the taste, quality, and price preferable to much of what they can find in the grocery store. And because the people at EfoodsDirect go above and beyond what even the law requires for food safety, you can be guaranteed that what you’re putting into your body is what is on the label only, and no surprises.
1 “Yet Another Leafy Green E.coli Outbreak, And No Traceback To the Farm” http://www.marlerblog.com/legal-cases/yet-another-leafy-green-e-coli-outbreak-and-no-traceback-to-the-farm/#.UU4B0VfDhV2
2 “Spinach Recall in 39 States After Taylor Farms E.Coli Scare” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/14/spinach-recall-taylor-farms-e-coli_n_2687967.html
3 “FDA Finalizes Report on 2006 Spinach Outbreak” http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2007/ucm108873.htm